Social Security Number Trace... Show it or Hide It?

On this episode of Background Screening Tips & Tech, Tim Santoni discusses the history of the SSN Trace. What it's good for. What it's not good for and some changes worth discussing.

The social security number trace has long been a foundation element of an employment background check. The SSN trace is useful in developing aliases names used by an applicant and developing address history. The SSN trace will show year of issue and state.

The SSN trace can reveal potential risks or red flags, but it is not verified data and it is impossible to verify the source of the information and make changes to it because background screeners don't have direct access to the credit bureaus.

If an applicant contests the findings of the SSN trace, you don't have many options.

The recent, legal/compliance arguments, for REMOVING the SSN trace from the report are convincing.

A few options to consider.

OPTION 1 Run the SSN Trace and include all of the results in the report with no review.

OPTION 2 Run the SSN Trace and remove misspelled names, obvious errors and addresses that do not belong to the applicant.

OPTION 3 Run the SSN trace BUT do NOT provide the data on the final report.

OPTION 4 Don’t run the SSN Trace at all.


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